Tag Archives: Marks and Spencer

This week we’ve seen a lot of discussion following the publication of this article on security consulting – advocating the regulation of the profession. A clump of wise and interesting folks have put their virtual oar in – why don’t do the same yourself? After all, you’re strikingly attractive and blessed with a very high IQ. Seriously!

Unlike these thieves. They were caught by wireless motion detectors that had been left on the floor of an office for redecorating purposes. Idiots!

We had a couple of stories that centred on the security of luxury hotels this week – one was a video interview with Andy Sloan, security manager at The Dorchester in London, while the other came from Frost & Sullivan, who claimed that luxury hotel security is a global priority. Classy!

This week’s Song About Security comes courtesy of posh lady Sophie Ellis-Bextor. The story contains a very silly joke.

And here it is: your final chance to take our CCTV End User Survey. If you complete the survey, you’ll be in the running for £200 worth of Marks and Spencer vouchers. That’s nothing to be sneezed at. It isn’t!

Another thing finishing today is the opportunity to enter the 2009 Security Excellence Awards. If you don’t enter it, no one will ever have the chance to discover how excellent you are. And you are excellent.

There’s a swashbuckling feel to I4S today, as Alan Hyder brings us a story about an historic ship being defended by a Cannon – Cannon Security! Hahaha, it’s a good joke! The humour arises due to the expertly engineered confusion between the security company’s name, and that of a piece of military equipment which itself may have been deployed by navy ships in the olden days. See – hilarious!

In case you’ve never ever heard of it, there’s this CCTV End User Survey thing we’re running. It finishes up tomorrow, and you can win some vouchers, which is excellent news in the CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE. If you win it, you may choose to purchase up to £200 worth of underwear from Marks and Spencer. You don’t have to buy underwear, obviously, but the choice is available.

If you were a thief, you’d be quite annoyed if you were caught by some detectors that looked like they’d just been chucked on the floor. But that’s exactly what happened to some bungling crims in Leeds, who were caught out by Tag Guard’s IR motion detectors. Bad luck!

You know that CCTV End User Survey we’re running? I think, personally, that if you’re a CCTV end user, you should get involved with it. Not just because you could win £200 of Marks and Spencer vouchers – also because it’s the right thing to do. And you, in particular, are a really decent person.

The Centre for Counter Fraud Studies could be a place where students are educated about fraudulent calculators, or taking shop staff for a ride. But it’s not. It’s about countering fraud. And it’s open for business.

Today London’s Met police took part in numerous raids as part of its Operation Blunt 2 campaign to cut down on knife crime. We’ve got all the details here.

And speaking of London, which I just was, Vicon has put in some CCTV equipment at the UK capital’s very own Museum. It’s the sort of thing that’d make Peter Ackroyd proud.